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On the other hand, Henri Matisse’s blue speaks of freedom.

Polynesia, the Sky and Polynesia, the Sea
are two Matisse works that have an interesting similarity.

In his later years, Matisse had cancer
surgery, which left him unable to stand and paint in
front of an easel.

Instead of painting, he created
artwork by gluing paper cut-outs and then painting details.

Although his physical difficulties prevented
him from doing many things, he still remembered the freedom he experienced while swimming in the
Tahitian sea, looking through the salt water down to the sea floor and up towards the sky.

Polynesia, the Sky (1946)

Polynesia, the Sea (1946)

In his later years, Matisse had cancer surgery, which left him unable to stand and paint in front of an easel.

관계대명사 which가 이끄는 관계사절은 앞 문장 전체를 부연 설명한다.

<leave + 목적어 + to + 동사원형>은 ‘~가 ⋯하게 만들다’라는 뜻의 표현이다.

to stand와 (to) paint가 접속사 and로 연결되는 구조이며, paint 앞에는 to가 생략되어 있다.

Although his physical difficulties prevented him from doing many things, he still remembered the freedom he experienced while swimming in the Tahitian sea, looking through the salt water down to the sea floor and up towards the sky.

<prevent + 목적어 + from + -ing>는 ‘~가 ⋯하는 것을 막다’라는 뜻이다.

the freedom은 he experienced ~ the sky의 수식을 받는 선행사로, the freedom 뒤에는 목적격 관계대명사 that[which]가 생략되어 있다.

while은 ‘~하는 동안에’라는 뜻의 접속사로, 시간을 나타내는 접속사 뒤에 쓰인 <주어 + be동사>는 주어가 주절과 같은 경우 생략할 수 있다. 따라서 swimming 앞에는 he was가 생략되어 있다.

looking through ~ towards the sky는 ‘동시동작’을 나타내는 분사구문이다

Kim Whanki said that he painted each dot as he thought of friends and loved ones from home.

접속사 that이 이끄는 that he painted ~ from home은 said의 목적어 역할을 한다.